Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.

[Q]: I am composing a sentence like: 'Some people think we are this, some think we are that...'. Then I want to say that we are neither this nor that. Can I write it in short like this: 'But we are neither.'? Or should I alway add nor after neither, even in this case?.
[A]: Yes, you could say for example 'Some people are pro gun control, others are anti gun control. We are neither.'


[Q]: Can you call a vegetable plot 'a vegetable bed'? Or is this usage uncommon? For example a bed of flowers is called a flowerbed.
[A]: Yes, you can call a vegetable plot 'a vegetable bed', and this is not uncommon. bed Merriam-Webster : a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for plants also : the plants grown in such a plot as in: 'The gardener planted a bed of roses' 'The gardener planted a bed of flowers' 'The gardener planted a bed of vegetables' 'The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers' These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing. Examples: Build Your Own Raised Flower/Vegetable Bed ThePioneerWoman How to Build A Vegetable Bed Biodynamically MotherEarth Build a Raised Vegetable Bed Denver Post


[Q]: I am looking for a word that incorporates all, or most, of the following (when referring to a sentence or a piece of technical literature): Highly academic Not useful (despite being technically correct) Overly verbose/eloquent Superfluous (to be honest, this seems to incorporate the rest, but I want to see if there is a better word here) Sample sentence (I hear it's required): There are many ____ white-paper definitions which only serve to dazzle the reader with the author's purported intelligence.
[A]:
The two most common, apart from Lux's pretentious, are going to be pedantic in the manner of a pedant, hence a. excessively concerned with minutiae. b. needlessly displaying academic learning. and pompous (originally) characterized by pomp and splendor. (now the primary sense) affectedly solemn and self-important. You'd use the first if the important aspect was how unimportant the information being shared was, the later if you wanted to emphasize the (undeserved) self-importance with which it was being shared. Since scholars have been writing for ages and this kind of behavior was, if anything, more common during the era when all scholars were monks, there are absolute scads of synonyms for variants and subvarieties. Some, like precious, could be considered gendered slurs; others, like bookish or nerdy, may not be taken as negative at all in our present culture. Two of my favorites are mumpsimus and sumpsimus.


